Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Although UC has provided pathways to social mobility for countless Californians, those efforts took place over the past three decades in environments that were often hostile to equity and inclusion. Our work is grounded in scholarship, the importance of building and expanding partnerships, and a deep understanding of institutional priorities.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is important for teachers and other education workers in a second sense, because it helps set up situations for valued learning and for inducting students into practices of knowledge-making, including the practices of shaping convivial epistemic environments for themselves. Landscapes are both depicted and made.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” The Post then quotes a political science professor, who claims that the requirement portrays “the US as ‘inherently racist’ and tries to undermine the American identity that unifies all citizens by ‘creating groups and pitting them against each other. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.”

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Creative arts (CA-HE), often deemed less valuable than STEM subjects, are particularly threatened ( Puffett 2022 , Redmond 2020 ), evidenced in the closure of departments, and exacerbating the already tense relationship between the CA-HE and HE ( Elkins 2009 ). Octopuses and Tentacles. Three Hearts and Nine Minds.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And when fall grades will be determined, and by whom, have been open questions at both the New School and UC—which is particularly worrisome to students who rely on grade point averages to maintain scholarships and U.S. Then, later in the week, came compromise. Inflation and housing costs have been key issues. visa statuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The rapid expansion of knowledge and the emergence of new fields of study like artificial intelligence, biomedical science, brain science, data science and machine learning made it inevitable that the core humanities would shrink, at least relatively. The number of majors has declined severely and apparently irretrievably.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JUNE 19, 2024

Reading Time: 11 minutes As an educational institution looking to thrive and grow, increasing student enrollment is likely a top priority. Why is student enrollment important? To stay ahead, educational institutions must continuously innovate and implement strategies that appeal to students evolving needs and preferences.

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Education Students Facilities Scholarship 69

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. The scrutiny can be uncomfortable, but more are responding with serious efforts to measure and explain their value. An edited transcript of the discussions follows. We have data from the U.S.

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College Arts And Sciences Degree Liberal Arts 75

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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SRHE

MAY 11, 2023

The grants from these bodies are relatively large (for the arts, humanities and social sciences), and are typically expected to make a theoretical, not only empirical, contribution. When we look at the extant literature, there seems to be cause for concern.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JUNE 19, 2024

Reading Time: 11 minutes As an educational institution looking to thrive and grow, increasing student enrollment is likely a top priority. Why is student enrollment important? To stay ahead, educational institutions must continuously innovate and implement strategies that appeal to students evolving needs and preferences.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. 60,000 a year programs for seniors that will let you call yourself a Harvard or Notre Dame fellow and help older workers plot encore careers and reflect on their work lives and find a sense of purpose.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. And as it turns out, I know and respect one of the authors.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Model Computer Science 68

SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2023

Campuswide alignment creates an environment that fosters a sense of flow, avoids the need for managing, and allows institutions to change and adapt more quickly. Presidents and other higher ed leaders that want their institution to grow and sustain that growth can easily replicate Southeastern University (SEU)’s success.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I, like you, have no doubt asked ChatGPT, the open AI-powered text generator, to respond to some questions and been dazzled by the results. I asked ChatGPT to draft syllabi for two of my upcoming courses to see how its recommendations differ from my own course outlines. I found the results thought-provoking. Impressive.

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Arts And Sciences Technology Achievement Learning Experience 66

The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Implementing Innovative Structures Innovation in higher education is not just about generating ideas; it’s about putting those ideas into action and breaking down structural barriers that no longer serve today’s diverse demographic. Innovation Beyond Ideas Innovation isn’t confined to brainstorming sessions and novel concepts.

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Higher Education Education Arts And Sciences Faculty 64

SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. How are others using those spaces?

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Arts And Sciences Technology Engineering Liberal Arts 52

HEPI

OCTOBER 20, 2024

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – overseen by the UK Government – runs competitive award schemes for postgraduate students through its research councils (for example the Arts and Humanities Research Council). This HEPI long read was authored by Dr Edward Hicks. Edward was on a placement with HEPI during the General Election campaign.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. colleges and universities. How to subset rising costs with remote learning and course selection. The type of mindset that boards should look for when appointing a president or chancellor.

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Institution Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences College 52

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

McGuire was referring to the many changes the university, which was founded as a liberal arts college for women 125 years ago, has undergone in recent decades. Trinity’s College of Arts & Sciences, the institution’s largest program, remains all women.) University trustees told her to “ fix it or close it.”

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College Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Advise 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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LSE Higher Education Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Without it, scholarships potential to challenge our most certain presuppositions could never be realised. Got a 10th choice? Justin Wyatt Wicked: Elphaba comes to realise the horrendible truth; that the explanations being offered up by those she previously trusted for the changes taking place at the university are a crock of Dear Old Shiz.

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History Arts And Sciences Academia Model 112

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When the novel’s narrator asks whether he will be the hero of his own life, he is in fact grappling with an issue, human and historical agency, that has become central to academic scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Few words carry as much interpretive weight as “agency.”

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University Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

In the postsecondary realm, Walz approved a $650 million budget, which ignited a last-dollar scholarship program last year affording tuition-free schooling to state residents. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Merharry Medical College stated intends to use portion of Bloomberg’s gift on scholarships.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

More than that, these initiatives express a broader turn in humanities and social science scholarship away from the cultural, postmodern, and post-structuralist turns that dominated anthropology, geography, history, literature, political science, and sociology since the mid- and late-1970s.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

I think it is fair to say that we are in the midst of a historic paradigm shift within the humanities and the interpretive social sciences. The report’s authors are, of course, intentionally confusing exposure to important ideas and concepts with indoctrination, propagandizing, and brainwashing.

Humanities 98

Humanities Arts And Sciences History Scholarship 98

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Those are just a few of the words that two Fox News critics used in 2007 to describe Rupert Murdock’s agenda-driven rightwing propaganda machine in their riotously funny, profanity-laced takedown, Fair and Balanced My Ass! Leonard Downie Jr., Leonard Downie Jr., Yet Downie’s piece ignores a telling fact.

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History Arts And Sciences College Scholarship 76

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

Over the past several years, colleges and universities are establishing coalitions and democratic action plans (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, 2022) to address not just voting, but a healthier learning environment for engagement. The tide seems to be turning. These and other strategies are working.

Arts And Sciences 135

Arts And Sciences Faculty History Environment 135

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

Over the past several years, colleges and universities are establishing coalitions and democratic action plans (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, 2022) to address not just voting, but a healthier learning environment for engagement. The tide seems to be turning. These and other strategies are working.

Arts And Sciences 74

Arts And Sciences Faculty History Environment 74

The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2024

16 January · Regulatory Changes and Their Implications for Higher Education Mergers 39 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Insights on regulatory changes, negotiated rulemaking, NC SARA, and the impact on higher education mergers. Thinking about a merger? Listen in.

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